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World-renowned thoracic surgeon and pleural mesothelioma specialist David J. Sugarbaker, M.D. died Wednesday, August 29.

Motley Rice attorney Michael Buchman has been appointed Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the In re Zetia Antitrust Litigation, in which the End-Payor Plaintiffs allege Merck & Co. Inc., conspired with at least one other generic drug maker to delay Zetia generic market entry.

An Aeromexico airline flight crashed near Durango, Mexico, injuring at least 97 people according to early estimates. 103 passengers and 4 crew members were on board the Embraer 190 aircraft.

Motley Rice reached a $43 million settlement with Medtronic, Inc. on behalf of shareholders who purchased the company’s common stock and suffered losses.

Motley Rice reached an anti-trust settlement to resolve litigation alleging drug manufacturers Boehringer Ingelheim and Teva Pharmaceutical engaged in an alleged pay-for-delay scheme to block generic competition for stroke medication Aggrenox®.

The lawsuit, filed last year by Wallace’s wife, alleged that the officers who were parked on the Isle of Palms Connector failed to protect Wallace in the moments after the collision, causing him to be fatally struck.

Motley Rice, as co-lead counsel, reached a $50 million settlement with 3D System Corp. on behalf of shareholders who suffered losses allegedly related to fraud.

More than 507,000 Kia vehicles have been recalled in the U. S. due to a potentially deadly electrical glitch that could hinder airbag deployment in a crash.

One centralized claims form is now available to U.S. personal injury or wrongful death victims of Takata airbags. The form allows claims to be submitted to three funds at once.

A settlement will pay $6.8 million to the family of a Berkeley County father and son who, tragically, were killed July 7, 2015 after an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet crashed into their single-engine Cessna 150C.